Services
Seller Services
TEPA provides support to firms in the following categories:
- Exporters – firms/sectors that are already exporting
- Export ready – firms/sectors that have the capacity to begin exporting
- Potential exporters – firms/sectors that should develop export capability
At the international level TEPA works with firms that are looking to accomplish one or more of the following goals:
- Promote goods and services in overseas markets
- Participate in Trade Shows and overseas missions
- Corporate Branding
- Improved packaging and labelling
- Expand markets – Generate direct sales
- Facilitate e-commerce and website sales promotion through our national export portal EXPORTALL-SaintLucia.com
- Develop new distribution channels
- Develop joint venture partnerships or licensing opportunities
- Source raw materials and inputs (to help lower manufacturing costs)
- Gain market and competitive intelligence
- Protect intellectual property in new markets
- Undertake promotional actives for authentic Saint Lucian products and services within the domestic (OECS) market
- Coordinate with other agencies to provide business support to exporters in the following areas:
- Production expansion/improvements
- Quality management improvement and standardization
- Source Export financing
- Export Facilitation
- Export Analysis and information dissemination
- Capacity building
At the national level, Saint Lucia TEPA also provides the following services:
To Buyers:
Serving as the island’s Export Agency, TEPA provides information on local products and Saint Lucian suppliers to overseas buyers. The following specific services are offered:
- Access to information through an integrated Trade Information Network
- Connection with our local suppliers
- Sales facilitation through our Exportall website
- Help to complete business transactions from start to finish